Members of a U.S. Marines squadron staged a mock air...
BY COLIN RIGLEY
A proposal to transform land currently occupied by Laetitia Vineyard and Winery into an agricultural cluster subdivision project has hit another sn...
BY AMY ASMAN
Officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base will hold a July 30 dedication ceremony in Lompoc for the new Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility&...
BY NICK POWELL
After more than a month without federal assistance, the almost 20,000 unemployed residents in Santa Barbara County and 13,700 unemployed residents ...
BY SARAH SCHWAB
It’s hard to find a job these days. Add a disability to that challenge, and the search for work can be even more difficult.
The Achievement ...
BY JEREMY THOMAS
Forget Big Sur—how does Neverland Valley Ranch State Park sound?
The fairytale-like former estate of deceased po...
BY HENRY HOUSTON
In Santa Maria, sixth graders usually don’t get much of a graduation ceremony to celebrate their move into the world of junior high school&md...
BY HELEN ANN THOMAS
Such excitement!
The long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for the Santa Maria Valley Humane Society’s new, $3 million animal care faci...
TUESDAY, AUG. 3
• The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has its regular meeting at 9 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 1...
Vendors doing business with the state of California—but who haven’t been paid yet because of the lack of a state budget—can now r...
BY ARIEL WATERMAN
Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled ... .” Chapter 2, verses 1 t...
BY NICHOLAS WALTER
We’ve all seen Robin Hood split the arrow, but how many people have actually done that in real life? Thom Chamberlain has.
Seven times....
BY JEREMY THOMAS
As the leadoff batter and first baseman for the Orcutt Youth Softball Association’s 8U All-Stars, Abigail Salazar lit the spark under th...
BY AMY ASMAN
The Police Activities League (P.A.L.) is looking for adults to make a difference in the lives of Santa Maria’s teens. P.A.L. is in the r...
All students going to Allan Hancock College for the first time this fall are required to attend an orientation, college officials announced earlier...
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Did you see this week’s cover story? All about nerd stuff and geekery and the like?
I have a confession to make: I’m a comic book fan....
What’s your kryptonite?
BY SHELLY CONE
There was once a day—when I was much, much younger and Lasik eye surgery hadn’t yet been invented—that I was nearly legally ...
BY SHELLY CONE
Whether you have an antique chair you’re willing to part with for charity or you just want to clean out the garage, your chairs are welc...
Beautiful music, love, jealousy, slavery, freedom—all those themes appear in Verdi’s Nabucco, which Temple Beth El of Santa Maria scree...
BY SHELLY CONE
Funding for the Santa Maria Historical Society was dramatically impacted by the city’s budget cuts, and the organization is now reaching out ...
BY SHELLY CONE
The Santa Maria Public Library will host an artist’s reception and award ceremony for participants in the National Arts Program (NAP) at 2:30...
Desperately lonely guy John (John C. Reilly) is dragged to a party by his ex-wife (Catherine Keener) and her new fiancée (Matt Walsh). There...
BY K. REKA BADGER
Since horse-and-buggy days, folks in the relatively isolated Santa Ynez Valley have looked out for one another, sharing tools, helping to buil...
Broadway actor, singer, and dancer Gale McNeeley calls Santa Maria home when he’s not on Broadway. While he’s here, he can’t go without sharing his art. His ...
The City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department provides the youth of Santa Maria Valley with many valuable resources and productive progra...
The Arroyo Grande Village Summer Concert series highlights some Celtic folk and bluegrass roots music at its upcoming free concert in Arroyo Grande Village. Sligo Rags (pictur...
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